The reflective life
Subtitle: living wisely with our limits
By: Valerie Tiberius.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780199202867
Subjects: Conduct of life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The reflective life and reflective values; title: Introduction; title: Living well and your point of view; title: Process and goal : why start with the first-person point of view?; title: Aristotle and virtue; title: A road map; title: Reflective values; title: Value commitments and justification; title: Reflective values; title: The justification of reflective values : some concerns; title: Conclusion : values and the challenges of modern life; title: Wisdom and perspective; title: Wisdom and flexibility; title: A reflective conception of a good life; title: The limits of reflection and the importance of shifting; title: Perspectives; title: Attentional flexibility; title: Wisdom and rationality; title: Perspective; title: Having perspective : some examples; title: Perspective and reflective values; title: Refining the account of perspective; title: The value of perspective; title: Self-awareness; title: The scope and limits of self-knowledge; title: Acquiring self-knowledge; title: Moderate self-awareness : habits and skills; title: The value of self-awareness; title: Optimism; title: Preliminaries : endorsement and virtue; title: The value of being realistic; title: Cynicism; title: Realistic optimism; title: The value of optimism; title: Beyond the first-person point of view; title: Morality and the reflective life; title: Reflective virtues and moral agency; title: Wise decisions and value conflicts; title: Some problems : discretion, complacency, and intractable; title: Conflicts; title: Normativity and ethical theory; title: Arbitrariness and the desire to live well; title: Contingency; title: The painter and the anatomist.